The Lovely Bones movie

Yesterday, technically my day off, I went to see a movie that ostensibly dealt with a religious topic: life after death.
First off, the movie just tore my heart out. As the involved father of an out-going daughter (like the deceased movie narrator character), I was just deeply saddened by the harsh reality that is child abduction and murder. Peter Jackson successfully explored that and dissected the family fraying that could accompany it. (And I thought Wark Wahlberg was fine in the role, contrary to many critics.)
The heaven part, the unsettled spirit part convinced me much less. The whole "in between" place part was not successful for me, though it allowed the story to progress well. I must remember it is fiction, but for an America that is less and less connected to the church and its teachings, the "in between" could serve as a confusing after-death image. After leading over 60 funerals and having a personal relationship with the surviving families in almost all those situations, I believe that an "in between," even to pursue justice, is not the desire. What the faith allows us to say is that God is now in charge when all else is loss, guilt, gone, pain, sorrow. The world offers little consolation, an "in between" even less. I prefer to share I Corinthians 15:19 -- "If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied."